Pacemaker-associated Bacillus cereus endocarditis

Olivier Barraud; Nadia Hidri; Kim Ly; Nicolas Pichon; Petrus Manea; Marie-Cécile Ploy; Fabien Garnier

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.002

Pacemaker-associated Bacillus cereus endocarditis

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Nov;74(3):313-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.002. Epub 2012 Sep 7.

Authors

Olivier Barraud¹, Nadia Hidri, Kim Ly, Nicolas Pichon, Petrus Manea, Marie-Cécile Ploy, Fabien Garnier

Affiliation

¹ CHU Limoges, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygièfne, 2 Av. Martin Luther King, F-87042 Limoges, France.

PMID: 22959918
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.002

Abstract

We report the case of a pacemaker-associated Bacillus cereus endocarditis in a nonimmunocompromised patient. Antibiotic treatment was ineffective, and the pacemaker had to be removed. B. cereus was cultured from several blood samples and from the pacemaker electrodes. This case underlines the contribution of the rpoB gene for Bacillus species determination.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Bacillus cereus / isolation & purification*
Blood / microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Treatment Failure

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents